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A source told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 that Schlemmer was previously investigated by the Northern Regional Police Department for attempting to back over one of her children, but she was never charged.

In 2009, she was found guilty of leaving a child unattended in her vehicle.

oh no KDKA TV just announced the 6 year old son has died now.............R.I.P. little ones.

My heart aches for the family. So tragic.

I'm interested in hearing the results of the psych evaluation that the mom had. The fact that she labeled the supposed voices as "crazy" makes think that she wasn't hearing voices at all. If she was able to identify them as "crazy", why did she do it??

A source told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 that Schlemmer was previously investigated by the Northern Regional Police Department for attempting to back over one of her children, but she was never charged.

In 2009, she was found guilty of leaving a child unattended in her vehicle.

Such beautiful boys. I feel so sorry for the oldest. He will forever feel like this was somehow his fault because of her statement 'she could be a better mom to her older son if the other two weren't around'

Say what you mean, mean what you say, but don't say it mean.
We are all just trying to make sense of an unimaginable crime.

Such beautiful boys. I feel so sorry for the oldest. He will forever feel like this was somehow his fault because of her statement 'she could be a better mom to her older son if the other two weren't around'

I wish someone who actually knew this family would make a statement as to how they interacted as a *family*. Was it obvious the mother treated the boys differently? Did mom act crazy in other ways? Did mom act *different*? It was obvious to me, early on, Andrea Yates had huge problems. Her one friend especially said she had warned Randy Yates that Andrea needed to be in hospital. She'd had numerous in hospital stays in the past. This woman, it would appear, attempted to rid herself of these little boys twice in the past. Once leaving a toddler in a hot car, and the second time backing over both of them in her parents driveway.

The preliminary hearing had been rescheduled seven times since April 2014 after a county jail psychiatrist, Dr. Christine Martone, testified that Schlemmer was psychotic, depressed, suicidal and not mentally able to assist her defense attorney.

But Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Manning on Monday ruled Schlemmer was competent after a new report by Martone seconded more recent findings by a doctor at the mental facility where Schlemmer has been held.